Hiller, Pennsylvania Explained

Hiller, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fayette
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Luzerne
Coordinates:40.0092°N -79.9044°W
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:4.58
Area Total Sq Mi:1.77
Area Land Sq Mi:1.73
Area Water Sq Mi:0.04
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1258
Population Density Km2:281.39
Population Density Sq Mi:728.85
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-4
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:15444[3]
Area Code:724
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-34784
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Land Km2:4.47
Area Water Km2:0.10

Hiller is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,155,[4] down from 1,234 at the 2000 census.

It is located in Luzerne Township.

Geography

Hiller is located in western Fayette County at 40.0092°N -79.9044°W (40.009210, −79.904558).[5] It is in the northeast corner of Luzerne Township, bordered to the east by Dunlap Creek, to the northeast by the borough of Brownsville, and to the northwest by the Monongahela River, which forms the Washington County line.

Pennsylvania Route 43, the Mon–Fayette Expressway, passes just south of Hiller, with access from Exit 26, Telegraph Road, which becomes High Street in the center of Hiller. Via PA 43, Uniontown is to the southeast and downtown Pittsburgh is to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Hiller CDP has a total area of 4.07km2, of which 3.94km2 is land and 0.13km2, or 3.08%, is water.[4]

Demographics

As of the 2000 census,[6] there were 1,234 people, 523 households, and 357 families residing in the CDP.

The population density was 813.4sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 567 housing units at an average density of 373.8sp=usNaNsp=us.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.25% White, 6.89% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.08% Asian, and 1.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 523 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 52.4% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.4% under the age of eighteen, 7.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 24.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-four years.

For every one hundred females, there were 89.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 84.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,736, and the median income for a family was $36,650. Males had a median income of $30,216 compared with that of $19,722 for females.

The per capita income for the CDP was $15,142.

Roughly 7.0% of families and 18.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 29.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 18.7% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  3. Web site: Hiller PA ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 27, 2023.
  4. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Hiller CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. July 25, 2016. https://archive.today/20200213084600/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4234784. February 13, 2020. dead.
  5. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  6. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.